Lassana Camará CvIH[2] (born 29 December 1991), commonly known as Saná, is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He also holds Portuguese citizenship.
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| Full name | Lassana Camará[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1991[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Benfica | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | → Servette (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Valladolid | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Académica | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Botafogo-BA | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Braga B | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Académico Viseu | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Leixões | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Olhanense | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Gloria Buzău | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Portugal U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Portugal U19 | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Portugal U20 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Portugal U21 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Guinea-Bissau | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editBorn in Bissau, Guinea Bissau, Saná spent four years in S.L. Benfica's academy, scoring two goals in 33 games in his last year as a junior. He started his professional career at Servette FC in Switzerland: having arrived injured from the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, he only returned to competition in January 2011, and played just 257 minutes in the second division campaign as the João Alves-led side – a former Benfica player and also his youth manager – attained Super League promotion.
Saná signed a three-year contract with Real Valladolid in Spain on 9 July 2011.[3] At the end of his first and only season the team promoted to La Liga after a two-year absence, but he only totalled 33 minutes of action and was released after several problems with the management and the board of directors.[4][5]
On 30 August 2014, after nearly two years without a club and a brief spell in Brazil, Saná joined S.C. Braga, being assigned to the reserves in the Segunda Liga.[6] He remained in that tier the following years, being rarely played at Académico de Viseu F.C. and Leixões SC.[7]
Saná moved to SCM Gloria Buzău of the Romanian Liga III in late January 2019.[8]
International career
editSaná won 51 caps for Portugal at youth level, including 13 for the under-20s. He helped them reach the final at the 2011 FIFA World Cup,[9] appearing in three matches.[10]
Saná switched allegiance to Guinea Bissau in 2014, making his debut on 2 August by playing 59 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against Botswana for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[11]
Honours
editClub
editGloria Buzău
International
editPortugal U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2011[9]
Orders
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Knight of the Order of Prince Henry[12]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sana" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Presidente Cavaco Silva condecorou selecção nacional de futebol sub-20" [President Cavaco Silva decorated national under-20 football team] (in Portuguese). Arquivo Presidência. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Sana: "Voy a demostrar por qué el Real Valladolid ha confiado en mí"" [Sana: "I will show why Real Valladolid trusted in me"]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 10 July 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- ^ "Saná y Manucho, ausencias inesperadas en el regreso al trabajo" [Saná and Manucho, unexpected absences in return to work]. Marca (in Spanish). 27 December 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Djukic propaga su filosofía en las dos orillas del Pisuerga" [Djukic spreads his philosophy at the banks of the Pisuerga]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 17 June 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Saná no SC Braga" [Saná to SC Braga] (in Portuguese). International Foot. August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ Lopes, Gervásio (2 September 2017). "Sana no Leixões por duas épocas" [Sana to Leixões for two seasons] (in Portuguese). Sou Djurtu. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ Pițigoi, Andrei (20 January 2019). "EXCLUSIV | A pierdut finala CM de fotbal în faţa Braziliei, iar acum îşi relansează cariera în Crâng. Fotbalistul pe care Casemiro nu l-a impresionat" [EXCLUSIVE | He lost the football World Cup final to Brazil, and now is relaunching his career in Crâng. The football player that Casemiro did not impress] (in Romanian). Buzaul Sportiv. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Oscar treble wins thrilling final for Brazil". FIFA. 20 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ Da Cunha, Pedro Jorge (14 January 2021). "Caetano desistiu aos 29 anos. E os outros heróis do Mundial2011 sub20?" [Caetano called it quits at the age of 29. What about the other under20 World Cup2011 heroes?] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Guinea Bissau 1–1 Botswana". African Soccer Weebly. 2 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ "Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas" [Portuguese Honorary Orders] (in Portuguese). President of Portugal. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
External links
edit- Saná at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Lassana Camará national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Saná at National-Football-Teams.com
- Saná – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Saná at Soccerway
